Investigators worked to disprove Nigel Hogan's claim of self-defense in the shooting that erupted from a confrontation

Nigel Hogan, 28, was charged with week with second-degree murder for the October 2015 slaying of Jerome Jackson in West Seattle.

Nigel Hogan, 28, was charged with week with second-degree murder...

Three years after the death of Jerome Jackson in the Riverview neighborhood of West Seattle, prosecutors charged a 28-year-old man with shooting him during a late-night confrontation on 23rd Avenue Southwest.

Nigel Hogan was arrested just hours after Jackson's death, but claimed self-defense and was released from custody while investigators worked to disprove his assertion and waited for the state crime lab to return forensic results.

Prosecutors charged him Tuesday with second-degree murder. He's also accused of first-degree assault for shooting another man who survived his wounds after a lengthy hospital stay.

Cops arrested him Wednesday and booked him into King County Jail, where he remains on $1 million bail.

The slaying occurred early the morning of Oct. 24. Several 911 callers reported shots fired in the 6900 block of 23rd Avenue Southwest. Officers arrived to find two men with gunshot wounds. Jackson was dead at the scene. The other man shot was taken to Harborview Medical Center for life-threatening injuries after being shot in his left jaw, according to Seattle police reports.

The surviving victim underwent several surgeries and suffered permanent damage to his throat, court records indicate.

Jackson's brother told police that his older brother called him to say a man named "Nigel" had "jumped" their brother Jerome somewhere off Delridge Way, according to the incident report.

Hogan was a former friend with whom the men continued to have a contentious relationship, the brother told cops.

The brother and three friends hopped into a Jeep and headed to a Shell gas station to pick up Jackson.

Jackson, boarding the vehicle, told his friends that Hogan was among a group of people who cornered him after he got off a bus and a tussle ensued, reports say.

Not far from the Shell station, Jackson spotted Hogan's white Ford Crown Victoria and the men pulled over.

The brother reportedly confronted Hogan about "jumping" Jackson earlier and Hogan responded by pointing a handgun at him, according to court documents. The brother ran north on 23rd Avenue Southwest and as he ran, he heard two volleys of gunshots and a shattering window. He then spotted Hogan's car and another sedan drive away north.

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The other men in the Jeep reportedly corroborated the brother's story and also claimed that another man was shot while sitting in the back seat of the Jeep, but left the vehicle before the Jeep drove away, according to police.

Officers found eight .40 caliber shell casings and two fired bullets at the scene.

Police searched Hogan's home and vehicle and took him to a station for interviewing.

Hogan allegedly claimed that the Jeep pulled up next to his car and that Jackson came to his passenger side and assaulted his girlfriend. He also claimed Jackson's brother tried to punch him.

He said he brandished a gun and told the men to "back off," but another man didn't listen and "the shooting started." Hogan reportedly declined to say who did the shooting.

Police booked him into King County Jail, but he was released because prosecutors did not rush to file charges before the 72-hour expiration time from the time of arrest.

Officers found a Glock 23 gun in Hogans home and ballistic testing reportedly showed that each of the eight recovered shell casings came from that weapon.

Investigators also spotted bullet damage to both the Jeep and Crown Victoria and found Jackson's blood pooled in multiple areas of Hogan's car, reports indicate.

Detectives believed that the man Hogan claimed self-defense against was the surviving victim. However, state crime lab results that came through in August 2017 indicated that the man was seated a rear passenger seat of the Jeep when he was shot and could not have posted a physical threat to Hogan when he was shot.

Hogan was convicted of additional unrelated crimes since Jackson's death. As a felon, he was convicted in 2016 and 2017 of illegal firearm possession. He was sentenced to 12 months in prison after the 2017 conviction. In both cases, he was found sleeping in or near his car when an officer attempted to wake him and found him with a gun.